We have left Spirit of St. Louis and headed north. Not long now until the conjunction period. I imagine they will head east now to get to the head of the valley before conjunction. I still don't know that I have Le Bourget labelled correctly.
Phil
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Maybe going back to check out Marathon Monument for comparison with Lindbergh?
Quote: I still don't know that I have Le Bourget labelled correctly
They really should tell you these things. There again maybe they're playing an evil game. "Let's invent a feature name and see where Phil puts it."
Quote: I still don't know that I have Le Bourget labelled correctly
They really should tell you these things. There again maybe they're playing an evil game. "Let's invent a feature name and see where Phil puts it."
QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 26 2015, 09:17 PM) 
I still don't know that I have Le Bourget labelled correctly.
Phil, your labelling of 'Le Bourget' is just great
Btw, it's where the Paris Air Show takes place : the next edition will start June 14 and lasts until the next Sunday (June 21) included...
And if you can't see Le Bourget well, we can get the locals to drive out and light it with their automobile headlights... 
-the other Doug
-the other Doug
Time for a closeup of Spirit of St. Louis as we pass through conjunction.
Phil
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 15 2015, 02:55 AM)
Time for a closeup of Spirit of St. Louis as we pass through conjunction. Phil
What a NICE map !
Please, let me take this opportunity to thank you so much, Phil, for all the GREAT work of cartography you are doing for us and since several years now.
It's so much appreciated indeed.
Thanks, Olivier!
Here's an update to sol 4061, a small move. EDIT -OOPS!!! A bit rusty after conjunction. I reversed my before and after images, I think! - this is a corrected version of the map. Previous one deleted.
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Here's an update to sol 4061, a small move. EDIT -OOPS!!! A bit rusty after conjunction. I reversed my before and after images, I think! - this is a corrected version of the map. Previous one deleted.
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Helloooo! Is anybody out there? Opportunity just drove again... hellloooooo....
Anyway, here's a map of the new drive, for whenever people get back from Pluto.
Phil
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Anyway, here's a map of the new drive, for whenever people get back from Pluto.
Phil
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 14 2015, 05:16 PM)
Helloooo! Is anybody out there?
Here! Here! Thanks Phil
Fernando
The 4077 location must be very close to the saddle point at the head of the valley. It must be onward and downward from here.
It's a bit difficult to map the sol 4078 drive with so few images down, but I think we are at the foot of Swann Hill and near the top of the slope into the valley. The route is not as well constrained as the position.
Phil
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This map update uses the drive maps tweeted by Mike Seibert (thanks!) to correct my drive paths, and it adds the sol 4079 drive to bring us up to date.
Phil
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The map is updated to sol 4081 - I had to cut a few names out, but they will end up on other maps later.
Phil
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This update adds a few names and the stops shown in Larry Crumpler's blog (thanks, Larry!)
Phil
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A belated update. Things are getting complicated on the valley floor and I'm trying to make a high resolution map from reprojected panoramas on a Hirise base, but it's tricky. Also trying to make sure names are in the right place. Any corrections or additions gratefully received.
Phil
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Update to sol 4152 - I'm still struggling with the detailed map of the valley floor, which will untangle the complexity here.
Phil
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Update to sol 4157, location only approximate so far. That new map is coming...
Phil
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We are moving towards the south wall at the moment - update to sol 4160.
Phil
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It sure is., Just sometimes it is nice to correlate the map to a ground image.
Tim Parker's map at the MER website has allowed me to correct an error in the Opportunity route map (full Navcam pans would really help with location, but images are precious right now). I am trying to put together a detailed map of the current area as well. A couple of feature names are floating while I try to place them better.
Phil
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Here's a close-up route map for Opportunity's recent activities. The target locations are not precise. I hope we will get an update from Larry Crumpler in due course to give me more details.
Phil
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First drive of the new year! Not very far, but here's a map. (EDIT - very quickly replaced with a version with a few more names)
Phil
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Catching up with Opportunity after a bit of a gap. Sol 4320 - moving to a different location on the slope, or perhaps a different approach to the rocks they couldn't reach last time. Not sure yet!
Phil
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PS not sure that I have 'Northwest Ridge' in the right place, it might be the far side of the valley.
Phil
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PS not sure that I have 'Northwest Ridge' in the right place, it might be the far side of the valley.
Yikes, it's hard to keep up. Let's hope Curiosity stays put for a week so I can catch up here. Yeah, just kidding (sort of). I have things to add to this when I can get to it, some names and white squares to indicate the main science sites (where IDD is used). The route into the valley is shown subdued and cleared of labels (compare with earlier maps) for clarity.
This smaller scale (larger area) map shows our recent drives in a wider context. We are still in Marathon Valley, but you can see here that it has two halves, separated by Knudsen Ridge. And Opportunity is so far up the slope now that it can now see down into the southern half of the valley for the first time.
Phil (doing this update in the beautiful Public Library in Flagstaff)
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This smaller scale (larger area) map shows our recent drives in a wider context. We are still in Marathon Valley, but you can see here that it has two halves, separated by Knudsen Ridge. And Opportunity is so far up the slope now that it can now see down into the southern half of the valley for the first time.
Phil (doing this update in the beautiful Public Library in Flagstaff)
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A close-up of Station 3 to try to sort out these small moves. I may not have every detail figured out yet!
Phil
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Update to sol 4406. I will try to complete a map of the activities at Station 3 (update to map above) soon.
This new map contains a major correction of recent locations based on the JPL maps.
Phil
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This new map contains a major correction of recent locations based on the JPL maps.
Phil
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Did it notice it dropped something?
Good one! No, they took multispectral images of the work area but some were lost, so they had to go back to re-take them.
Phil
Phil
And now, sol 4423, back towards Mesa but not all the way. I don't know the path yet.
Phil
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